Monday, December 5, 2016

VFX Supervisors Jeff Wozniak and John T. Miller Join FuseFX’s Growing Operation in New York

NEW YORK—Continuing to broaden its East
Coast footprint, FuseFX has added two veteran visual effects supervisor to its
New York team. Jeff Wozniak brings experience in both television and
features—the latter including blockbusters such as Star Trek, Transformersand The
Avengers—across an entertainment industry career dating to 1994. He is
supervising visual effects production for two new series, Bull (CBS) and The Son (AMC),
as well as the Amazon Studios feature The
Wall.

John Miller has
worked in visual effects and post-production in the New York area for more than
20 years, serving in artistic, managerial and production roles. His recent
credits include the main-on-end title sequence for Avengers: Age of Ultron and visual effects for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as well as the documentary
television series Battles BC. At
FuseFX, he is serving as On-Set Supervisor and VFX Supervisor for the new
Amazon crime drama Sneaky Pete. He is
also contributing to the series ABC Notorious.

Jeff Wozniak

FuseFX New York has
also added VFX Producer Lauren Montuori.
Her career in visual effects spans more than 10 years in the New York
area, and includes work on the films The
Girl on the Train and Winter’s Tale.

“We’ve been building our New York operation organically with
talent that is experienced, highly skilled and well-established in the market,”
said FuseFX President David Altenau. “Jeff, John and Lauren are the latest
examples of that philosophy. We’re excited to add their drive, passion and
dedication to our team.”

Wozniak said that he is thrilled to join FuseFX and is a
longtime admirer of its work. “I appreciate FuseFX’s laser-like focus on
quality and efficiency, and the way the company is able to synthesize those
core values,” he observes. “They have an extremely well-developed pipeline that
allows artists, supervisors and producers more time to focus on delivering a
great product, and ultimately achieving the client’s vision.”

Wozniak began his
career in sound with Lucasfilm’s THX division, but soon transitioned to visual
effects and spent 12 years at Industrial Light & Magic. His credits there
included Star Wars (Episodes I, II, and III), Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man's Chest, Star Trek, Avatar, Rango,
the three Transformers features
and The Avengers. Relocating to New York in 2012, he served as
Digital Supervisor on Darren Aronofsky’s Noah.
More recently, he has worked as a VFX Supervisor on a number of television
series including Blindspot, Limitless and Quantico.

John Miller

Miller began his career as a visual effects artist and
motion graphics designer with New York post house Manhattan Transfer. He
continued in similar roles with other post facilities and boutiques, with
credits encompassing features, television and commercials. He also spent four
years as Creative Director, Executive Producer and General Manager at Point
360, New York. In recent years, he has returned his focus to creative and
artistic roles.

Miller sees his post at FuseFX as an opportunity to help
directors, producers and writers use visual effects as effective storytelling
tools. “FuseFX has streamlined the process of producing visual effects across
the board,” he says. “That allows our supervisors and artists the freedom to
focus on the creative needs of the production and the fun of producing great
effects.”

About FuseFX

FuseFX is a full-service visual effects studio serving the
television, feature film and advertising industries from facilities in Los
Angeles, New York and Vancouver. Founded in 2006 by David Altenau, the company
encompasses a crew of more than 300 highly talented and experienced artists,
producers and support personnel. Using its refined, custom database and
pipeline, the company can accommodate numerous, high shot-count productions
while delivering high-quality, on-time results.